Corpus Christi Watershed

“What earlier generations held as sacred, remains sacred and great for us too…” Pope Benedict XVI (7 July 2007)

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Page 9 CHRISTMASTIDE
A Solis Ortus Cardine (“Now, from the rising of the sun”)
Translation: Fr. John Wilfrid Wallace, OSB
FOURTH TUNE: “Old Hundredth” • 88 88 (LM)


  1. Organ Only; Voices Removed
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Additional information about Hymn 9

This hymn tune (OLD HUNDREDTH) can be sung in the Tenor, with gorgeous harmonies in the other voices. To see how this works, download #40273 (“Adésto Sáncta Trínitas”) which can be used “during the season of Pentecost.” It's two pages long, so consider using 'double-sided' printing. A live recording of #40273 (“Adésto Sáncta Trínitas”) by a volunteer choir is here (#40065). Rehearsal videos for that piece are available at #40691, but the lyrics are different. Therefore, make sure your choir members understand that one can rehearse songs that have different lyrics (“CONTRAFACT”).
Organists can download this Voluntary on “Old Hundredth” Hymn Tune by Henry Purcell (d. 1695)